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Send us Fan Mail In this special episode, we speak to Beth Havinga , Managing Director of the European Edtech Alliance , and Rhys Spence , Head of Research at Brighteye Ventures , about the state of European Edtech.  Both organizations have recently released fascinating reports about the state of Edtech: European Edtech Funding Report 2023 (Brighteye Ventures) European Edtech Map: Insights Report...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's Week in Edtech, Ben and special guest co-host Hailey Carter: 1) Talk to Salwa Muhammad of Fourthbrain.ai about the upcoming 3-day workshop with Andrew Ng and other AI Education leaders 2) Discuss "Study Hall", new Youtube/ASU/Crash Course Collaboration ( Youtube Blog ) 3) Take note of a recent survey that expresses doubt about Edtech leaders ( Edweek...

Send us Fan Mail Laurel Taylor is the founder, CEO, and driving force behind Candidly (previously known as FutureFuel.io ).  Her mission is to address the unmet — and urgent — market need for smart solutions that support individuals and families through every step of the planning, borrowing, and repayment experience. Candidly works towards this goal by creating trusted, intelligent and comprehensi...

Send us Fan Mail On this Week in Edtech: We speak to Mateo Elvira of Elvira Media about Edtech content marketing, and how to utilize storytelling to stand out from the crowd, as well as... ChatGPT:  We discuss both the prediction that ChatGPT will create a new Edtech boom ... ...and the backlash to tech, including mass bans of both ChatGPT at large school districts and Tiktok at universities Big T...

Send us Fan Mail Vadim Polikov is the CEO of Legends of Learning , online educational games for teachers and students with 2,000 fun, curriculum-aligned, math and science games created to engage students and assist teachers using hybrid learning, blended learning & distance learning models. Vadim loves to learn and build. Bold new ideas excite him and he wants to put them into practice. He see...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to our Weekly Round-up of Edtech news across the industry! Guest: Natalia Kucirkova of Wikit, AS Our top stories this week: 1) Companies Becoming Platforms through Consolidation - HMH acquires school testing non-profit NWEA - Instructure (maker of the Canvas LMS) acquires evidence platform Learnplatform - Zoom launches 'Essential Apps' including Kahoot! and...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Deepak Sekar is an inventor and entrepreneur. Over the last decade, he has been granted 192 patents, making him one of the more prolific inventors in the world today.   You may know him from his role as Founder and CEO of Chowbotics, which built the world's first fresh food-making robot named “Sally.” Sally now operates in over 250 locations worldwide. Under Sekar’s leade...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we ask some of our favorite guests (and Edtech C-suiters) to give their reviews of Edtech in 2022 and what we can expect to see in 2023.  Karl Rectanus, CEO of LearnPlatform on Edtech Evidence in 2023 (2:54) Sarah Mauskopf, CEO of Winnie on Childcare and Teaching in 2023 (20:22) Maria Barrera, CEO of Clayful on SEL and COVID funding in 2023 (29:46) Sunil Gunderia,...

Send us Fan Mail Michael Preston, PhD is the Executive Director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center , a pioneering thought leader at the intersection of technology, media, and children’s learning. He leads the Center’s efforts to explore new frontiers and new literacies, support and translate research into action, and guide the field toward better opportunities and outcomes for kids. Previously, Michae...

Send us Fan Mail Steve Grubbs is the CEO and Co-Founder of VictoryXR , one of the world leaders in virtual reality educational product development. He founded VictoryStore.com, ChalkBites and Victory Enterprises. Steve is also YPO Member. Early in life, he served as Chairman of the House Education Committee in the Iowa House of Representatives and passed the largest technology funding bill in stat...

Send us Fan Mail Kris Jagasia is the co-founder and CEO of Off2Class , responsible for directing company strategy and vision. He has built the commercial teams at the company including, sales, marketing and customer success. As the son of immigrants, Kris grew up with a keen appreciation for the benefits of learning – his parents investing the lion's share of their resources in his own multil...

Send us Fan Mail 2022 was a consequential year for Edtech. Join us as we review some of the top trends of the year! In this super-sized episode, Ben and Alex review top trends from the year that was and make some predictions for 2023.  We discuss: The "Edtech winter" for startups worldwide, with a renewed focus on profitability The crash in Chinese edtech and the continued rise for India...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features special guest Joshua Broggi of Woolf University ,  the first global collegiate higher education institution that allows education organizations to join as member colleges and offer accredited degrees. In this episode we discuss: 1) Higher Education's Sea Change (Axios) - Changes coming to higher ed from many directions- testing, rankings, enrollment woes...

Send us Fan Mail Heather Shen is the CPO and co-founder of Praxis Labs. As graduate students at Stanford, Shen and classmate Elise Smith, 30, bonded over their mutual interest in helping companies and institutions do a better job at diversity and inclusion training. They came up with the idea for Praxis Labs, a startup that can deliver diversity training using either VR headsets, mobile phones, la...

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Send us Fan Mail Cherian Thomas is a senior vice president at BYJU’S who led the company’s acquisition of Osmo from BYJU’S and the company’s entry to the North American market—as its first international employee. A computer scientist by training and a self-proclaimed nerd through his college years and beyond, Cherian began his career as an engineer and quickly found his passion in the world of sta...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Yair Shapira is the founder and CEO of Amplio. Following two decades as an executive in successful start ups, he founded Amplio to help the millions of children with special needs maximize their potential, starting with his son, who stutters. His previous roles include executive positions in sales, marketing, business development and R&D. Dr. Shapira holds a Ph. D. in Biom...

Send us Fan Mail Kate Eberle Walker is an education industry leader, author, and working mom with more than 20 years of experience managing, advising, acquiring, and investing in high-profile education companies. Currently, Kate is the CEO of Presence , the leading provider of teletherapy services for children with diverse needs.   Previously, Kate was CEO of The Princeton Review and Tutor.com , a...

Send us Fan Mail This Week, we cover: 1. McKinsey Reports on Edtech Five Trends to Watch in the Edtech Industry  2. Owl Ventures   Owl Outcomes Report 3. Online Tutoring Schools across the U.S. have turned to Paper’s online tutoring. Some worry it’s falling short 4. Mental Health Hiring Crisis in Schools: Schools struggle to staff up for youth mental health crisis | AP News Schools struggle to hir...

Send us Fan Mail Younes Mourri is the CEO and Founder of Livetech.ai , a course platform that offers low-cost high quality instructor-led courses in high-demand technical subjects. Younes is the co-creator many of the most popular artificial intelligence MOOCs, including Andrew Ng’s Artifical Intelligence class and Deeplearning.ai’s Natural Language Processing specialization. Younes holds a Master...

Send us Fan Mail Pablo Simko is the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Coleap , a marketplace of expert-designed learning communities. Previously, he was the Chief Operating Officer at Elenas, a startup which enables Latin American women to set up online stores from the comfort of their mobile phones and has onboarded 300,000+ entrepreneurs throughout the region, and a Chief of Staff at Polymath Ventures, a...

Send us Fan Mail Evan Hill-Ries is Deputy General Counsel at Amplify , a next-generation curriculum and assessment company serving 10 million students in all 50 states. Responsible for supporting Amplify's K–8 digital curriculum product teams on content issues, development best practices, data privacy, and sales and marketing compliance, as well as company-wide work on corporate and strategic...

Send us Fan Mail On this Week in Edtech: 1) A16z on Edtech Andreessen Horowitz is 'betting heavily' on edtech  2) Layoffs in Tech... Latest layoffs: Companies making cuts Thousands of tech workers were laid off last week 3) ...and Edtech Ed Tech - LayoffsTracker Coursera announces layoffs  Unacademy cuts 10% of jobs Brainly Fires Employees  4) Indian Edtech is Messi BYJU'S unveils L...

Send us Fan Mail On this Week In Edtech, we talk to: Mohammed Almadani, CEO of Classera , a gamified and personalized LMS for emerging markets that raised $40M this week Matthew Rascoff, Vice Provost for Digital Education at Stanford University, and the Stanford Digital Education Team about their Pandemic-Era Online Learning Strategy report We also cover: Election Season in the US Why National Adv...

Send us Fan Mail In this first-of-its-kind episode, Edtech Insiders hosts a debate about the value of Practical vs. Classical Education.  What is the true goal of education? In an age when the talk of the "ROI" of education is everywhere, what is the role of the classical liberal arts ideal of an enlightened and informed citizenry?  Dr. Christian Marty studied history, philosophy and med...